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Cary's new terrestrial globe drawn from the most recent geographical works ..., Jan 7th 1832

Cary's new terrestrial globe drawn from the most recent geographical works ..., Jan 7th 1832

Cary's new terrestrial globe drawn from the most recent geographical works shewing the whole of the new discoveries with the tracks of the principal navigators and every improvement in geography to the present time, Jan 7th 1832

GLOBE 7
Hand-coloured globe with brass meridian circles and hour rings mounted on a mahogany stand
Purchased from Hordern House in 2013

This terrestrial table globe shows the navigational tracks of all three voyages of James Cook and his place of death in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands). It also shows tracks of other Pacific explorers including Matthew Flinders, Tobias Furneaux, Jean Francois La Perouse, and George Vancouver.

Learning the Use of the Globes

By Thomas Keith, ‘A new treatise on the use of the globes; or, a philosophical view of the earth and heavens …’, London, 1848

… The object in learning the Use of the Globes should be to illustrate some of the most important branches of geography and astronomy; and this object cannot be attained by merely twirling the globe round and working a few problems, without understanding the principles on which their solutions are founded. Lessons thoroughly explained and clearly understood make a lasting impression on the student’s memory …


Use of the Globes

By Thomas Keith, ‘A new treatise on the use of the globes; or, a philosophical view of the earth and heavens …’, London, 1848

Amongst the various branches of science studied in our academies, and places of public education, there are few of greater importance than that of the Use of the Globes. The earth is our destined habitation, and the heavenly bodies measure our days and years by their various revolutions. Without some acquaintance with the different tracts of land, the oceans, seas, &c. on the surface of the terrestrial globe, no intercourse could be carried on with the inhabitants of distant regions, and consequently their manners, customs, &c. would be totally unknown to us. Thought the different tracts of land, &c. cannot be so minutely described on the surface of a terrestrial globe as on different maps, yet the globe shows the figure of the earth, and the relative situations of the principal places on its surface, more correctly than a map ...